The going-out-of-business sales are underway at Joann Fabrics, which is closing 500 of its 800 stores around the country amid its second bankruptcy in a year.
The Hudson, Ohio-based retailer’s restructuring plan was approved by the court on Friday, February 14, according to its website. Over the weekend, clearance sales began at the approximately 500 locations that were closing.
“As part of the ongoing Chapter 11 process and our efforts to maximise the value of the business, JOANN has filed a motion seeking court authority to begin closing approximately 500 stores across the nation,” a spokesman for Joann said in an email.
“This was a very difficult decision to make, given the major impact we know it will have on our Team Members, our customers and all of the communities we serve.”
When will Joann stores close?
The 500 stores that are closing will shut their doors for good in the next few months, the company announced on joannrestructuring.com. However, the timing is flexible, per the website. Some stores may close sooner, some later.
When will going-out-business clearance sales begin?
Clearance sales were expected to begin Saturday, Feb. 15, per Joann’s website. According to social media posts, they are currently underway.
Stopped by my soon-to-be-closing Joann Fabrics. Most sales are 20% off right now, with a few select collections a little more, and Christmas leftovers are 70%. I expect those will go up in the coming weeks
— Jez #FernForce Captain (@typesetjez) February 16, 2025
Is Joann accepting Joann gift cards? Can I return purchases?
According to the restructuring site, Joann is not accepting gift cards at this time. Discounts for Girl Scouts, teachers, military and healthcare are also paused.
Joann is not accepting returns.
Shoppers saddened by closures of Joann stores
Daleena Fredrick-Banks, an Akron seamstress who had worked at Joann for about ten years, noticed “quite a few empty pegs, not a lot of variety of quilting fabrics” at the Canton Road location near Akron over the last year, according to a previous story in the Beacon Journal.
In addition to a lack of inventory, staffing was an issue. Lately, the store has only had two employees, “the bare minimum.”
However, she never considered these issues to be a sign of the store’s closure. “I would have never guessed that it would have come to this,” she told me.
More people were upset online about the upcoming closures.
“It was so nice to be right around the corner and able to just pop in when I needed inspiration for a new project,” one Facebook user wrote.
“I’m not happy that the one in Lakemore Plaza is closing. I live just around the corner…”I could walk there if I had to,” another Facebook user added.
Which Joann stores are closing in Ohio and Northern Kentucky?
According to court documents, Joann is closing 33 stores in Ohio. They are:
- Akron : 1500 Canton Road
- Akron : 3977 Medina Road
- Athens : 743 E. State St.
- Chillicothe : 1080 N. Bridge St.
- Cincinnati : 10166 Colerain Ave.
- Columbus : 1265 Polaris Pkwy.
- Columbus : 3880 Morse Road
- Columbus : 4600 W. Broad St.
- Dayton : 5001 Salem Ave.
- Defiance : 1001 N. Clinton St.
- Dublin : 2747 Festival Lane
- East Liverpool : 15765 State Route 170
- Evendale : 10400 Reading Road
- Fairborn : 2850 Centre Drive
- Findlay : 1991 Tiffin Ave.
- Fremont : 1212 Oak Harbor Road
- Hamilton : 3177 Princeton Road
- Lancaster : 1216 N. Memorial Drive
- Lima : 2720 Elida Road
- Marietta : 448 Pike St.
- Mason : 8125 Arbor Square Drive
- Mayfield Heights : 1533 Golden Gate Plaza
- Medina : 5005 Grande Blvd.
- New Philadelphia : 400 Mill Ave. SE
- Niles : 5555 Youngstown Warren Road
- North Olmsted : 26337 Brookpark Road
- Reynoldsburg : 2891 Taylor Road
- Sandusky : 756 Crossings Road
- Springfield : 1608J Upper Valley Pike
- St. Clairsville : 67800 Mall Ring Road
- Steubenville : 282 S Hollywood Blvd.
- Youngstown : 441 Boardman Poland Road
Six Kentucky stores are set to close soon, including one on 87 Spiral Drive in Florence, just southwest of downtown Cincinnati.
How many Joann stores will Ohio have left?
When comparing the list of stores closing filed in bankruptcy court to Joann’s list of stores in Ohio the following 13 locations will remain open:
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- Cincinnati : 3872 Paxton Ave.
- Cincinnati : 4530 Eastgate Blvd.
- Dayton : 2270 Miamisburg Centerville Road
- Elyria : 380 Market Drive
- Heath : 789 Hebron Road
- Hudson : 5381 Darrow Road
- Mansfield : 594 N. Lexington Springmill Road
- Mentor : 8000 Plaza Blvd.
- Middleburg Heights : 6901 Pearl Road
- North Canton : 5487 Dressler Road NW
- Piqua : 1256 E. Ash St.
- Toledo : 4948 Monroe St.
- Toledo : 2559 S. Reynolds Road
Is Joann Fabrics going out of business? Company files for bankruptcy twice in a year
Joann filed for bankruptcy for the second time in a year in January, announcing that if a better offer to buy the company could not be found, it would go out of business.
Previously, Joann Inc. declared bankruptcy in March 2024. According to a Joann news release, the company was expected to receive approximately $132 million in new financing and reduce its debt by an estimated $505 million.
